Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Genesis 10:2
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and (b) Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
(b) Of Madai and Javan came the Medes and Greeks.
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and (b) Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
(b) Of Madai and Javan came the Medes and Greeks.
Verse Genesis 10:2. _THE SONS OF JAPHETH_] Japheth is supposed to be the same with the _Japetus_ of the Greeks, from whom, in an extremely remote antiquity, that people were supposed to have derived t...
- Section VIII - The Nations - Japheth 2. גמר _gomer_, “Gomer, completion; related: complete;” Κιμμέριοι _Kimmerioi_. מגוג _māgôg_, “Magog, Caucasian, Skyth.” מדי _māday_, “Madai, middle: Mede.”...
V. THE GENERATIONS OF THE SONS OF NOAH CHAPTER 10 Shem, Ham, and Japheth and Their Seed _ 1. The sons of Japheth (Genesis 10:2)_ 2. The sons of Ham (Genesis 10:6) 3. The sons of Shem (Genesis 10:2...
GENESIS 10. THE TABLE OF NATIONS. From P and J. To P we may assign Genesis 10:1; Genesis 10:20; Genesis 10:31 f. The rest belongs to J, for the most part to its secondary stratum, with some elements f...
_The sons of Japheth_ These are names of peoples who for the most part seem to have dwelt in remote northern and western regions in Asia Minor. _Gomer_ Mentioned also in Ezekiel 38:6. Probably the peo...
SONS OF JAPHETH— Japheth is here mentioned in his due rank, as the eldest, see Genesis 10:21. He was known to the Greeks, under the name of Japetus, whom they acknowledge to have been their father: _m...
5. _The Line of Japheth_ (Genesis 10:2-5). 2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 3 And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarma...
_THE SONS OF JAPHETH; GOMER, AND MAGOG, AND MADAI, AND JAVAN, AND TUBAL, AND MESHECH, AND TIRAS._ The sons of Japheth. For the meaning of this name, see the note at Genesis 6:10; Genesis 9:27. Japhet...
10:2 Madai, (e-9) Media, or Medes....
THE NATIONS DESCENDED FROM NOAH This section gives the origins and situations of the nations of the world, as their relationships were conceived by the early Hebrews. Before passing to the history of...
Genesis tells us the less important families first. After that, it tells us the more important ones. Shem’s family is the most important because Shem was the oldest son. So Genesis tells us the family...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 10 NOAH’S FAMILY V1 These are the *descendants of Noah’s sons. Noah’s sons were Shem, Ham and Japheth. After the flood, they became the fathers of...
THE SONS OF JAPHETH. — Of these, seven main divisions are enumerated, some of which are subsequently sub-divided; they are — 1. GOMER, whose name reappears in the Cimmerians. Their original settlement...
בְּנֵ֣י יֶ֔פֶת גֹּ֣מֶר וּ מָגֹ֔וג וּ מָדַ֖י
In this chapter we have a simple and straightforward account of the dispersion of the sons of Noah and their families after the Flood. The descendants of Japheth moved toward the isles or the coastlan...
Japheth. From his being placed first, some conclude that he was the eldest; and perhaps the famed Japetus of the Greeks is the same person. (Du Hamel) --- Sem comes last, though elder than Cham, that...
There is one characteristic of divine revelation to which attention may be profitably called as a starting point. We have to do with facts. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (n...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 AND 11. Chapter s 10, 11 give us the history of the world as peopled and established after the deluge, and the ways of men in this new world; the great pla...
THE SONS OF JAPHETH,.... Who though mentioned last, the genealogy begins with him, by a figure which rhetoricians call a "chiasm". The posterity of Japheth are those whom Hesiod z often calls ιαπετιον...
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. Ver. 2. _The sons of Japheth._] Not all, but the chief men of renown, Ethnarchs: think the same of the...
Moses begins with Japheth's family, either because he was the eldest, or because it lay most remote from Israel, and had least concern with them at the time when he wrote; and therefore he mentions th...
1 The generations of Noah. 2 The sonnes of Iaphet. 6 The sonnes of Ham. 8 Nimrod the first Monarch. 21 The sonnes of Shem. 1 NOW these are the generations of the sonnes of Noah; Shem, Ham, and Ia...
The sons of Japheth, who in this chronological table is named first, as the oldest, while in the other table Shem is mentioned first, as the progenitor of the children of Israel: GOMER, AND MAGOG, AND...
The Sons of Japheth...
THIRD SECTION _The Ethnological Table._ GENESIS 10:1-32 1Now these are the generations [genealogies] of the sons of Noah; [they were] Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and unto them were sons born after the...
DESCENDANTS OF NOAH In this chapter the genealogy of Japheth is given first (vs.1-5). Their history is not pursued in the book of Genesis: their character was that of the energy of independence, and...
1-7 This chapter shows concerning the three sons of Noah, that of them was the whole earth overspread. No nation but that of the Jews can be sure from which of these seventy it has come. The lists of...
JAPHETH S portion was at first Asia the Less, and afterwards by degrees all Europe, and the northern parts of Asia. This is he so much celebrated among the Greeks by the name of Japetus. GOMER S poste...
This section of our book records the generations of Noah's three sons, noticing, especially, Nimrod, the founder of the kingdom of Babel, or Babylon, a name which occupies a very prominent place on th...
Genesis 10:2 sons H1121 Japheth H3315 Gomer H1586 Magog H4031 Madai H4074 Javan H3120 Tubal H8422 Meshech H4902 Tiras
‘The sons of Japheth; Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tirus.' The term ‘sons of' had wide significance in the Ancient Near East. It could mean descended from, connected...
GOMERCF13\SUPER 1), Magog 2), Madai 3), Javan 4), Tubal 5), Meshech 6), and Tiras 7) 1)Progenitor of the ancient Cimerians and Cimbri, from whom are descended the Celtic family. 2)From Magog are des...
CONTENTS: Establishing of the nations. CHARACTERS: Noah, Shem, Ham, Japheth, Nimrod, Canaan. CONCLUSION: God made all nations of one blood and determined the bounds of their habitations. KEY WORD:...
Genesis 10:2. _The sons of Japhet were Gomer, &c. Japhet_ is the Iapetos of the Greeks. His blessing _Niphtha_ occasioned him to be called Neptune by the Greeks. _Gomer,_ the father of the Galatinians...
_Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah_ A CHAPTER OF GENEALOGIES Many readers might be disposed to undervalue a chapter like this, since it is but a collection of names--some of which ar...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 10:1 The Descendants of Noah’s Sons. The next main section of Genesis 1:1 shows how humanity becomes divided into different nations....
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 10:2 FROM THESE THE COASTLAND PEOPLES SPREAD. This places Japheth’s descendants in the coastal regions and islands of the Mediterranean Sea....
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 10:1. Generations] The origins, genesis, or developments; a characteristic note of this book. The whole chapter is a table of the nations which descended from the sons of Noa...
PART II. THE POST-DILUVIAN AGE OF THE WORLD. CH. 10:1-11:26. FROM THE DELUGE TO THE CALL OF ABRAM. § 5. THE GENERATIONS or THE SONS OF NOAH (CH. 10:1-11:9). I.
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah (Genesis 10:1), And as we get into chapter ten, this chapter has been called the "Table of Nations". And here you have the beginning of all of the var...
Genesis 10:21 1 Chronicles 1:5 Isaiah 66:19 Ezekiel 27:7 E
Moses begins with Japhet's family, either because he was the eldest, or because that lay remotest from Israel, and had least concern with them, at that time when Moses wrote; and therefore he mentions...